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Egypt, Ethiopia Agree To Reach Deal On Controversial Dam In Four Months
July 15th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report that Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to reach deal on the controversial GERD dam in four months: Egypt and Ethiopia agreed Thursday to finalise a deal over Ethiopia’s controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile within four months, a breakthrough after years of tensions between the two countries.The massive $4.2-billion Grand Ethiopian […]
Read more »Drought Leaves Millions In Uruguay Without Tap Water Fit For Drinking
July 15th, 2023
Via The Guardian, a report on Uruguay’s ongoing water crisis where – after years of underinvestment – reservoirs have had to be topped up from estuary, raising health concerns: More than half of Uruguay’s 3.5 million citizens are without access to tap water fit for drinking, and experts say the situation could continue for months. […]
Read more »Water Risks Are Coming to Bite Investors
July 13th, 2023
Via The Washington Post, a report on water risks to business and investors: “If climate change is a shark, then water is its teeth.” That analogy, coined by climate expert James P. Bruce, is increasingly apt. Higher temperatures are straining H2O availability at the same time as demographics and economic growth increase its usage. By […]
Read more »Kabul Residents Struggle with Lack of Water
July 13th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, a report on Afghanistan’s water crisis: Residents of the capital are concerned about the lack of drinking water in Kabul these days. They said that they do not have access to city water supply services and the price of the drinking water from private companies has also increased. “People’s problems are […]
Read more »The Waters Could Claim Nuclear Weapons
July 12th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how climate change threatens to destabilize critical infrastructure and impact international security: On March 15, 2019, floodwaters breached the gates of Offutt Air Force Base. Two days later, one-third of the base was inundated—and at least $1 billion worth of damage done. Offutt is perhaps best known as […]
Read more »Iran’s Environmental Challenges
July 12th, 2023
Via Spotify, an interesting interview with Dr. Shirin Hakim, head of the Environment, Climate Security, and Public Health unit at the Center for Middle East and Global Order on Iran’s worsening environmental issues, the Iranian government’s decades-long mismanagement and overexploitation of its natural resources, and how Western sanctions play into the Iranian regime’s environmental strategy.
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